Reviews for Punctuation Celebration

The average rating for Punctuation Celebration based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-27 00:00:00 David P I read this book to 7th graders as a way of reviewing punctuation marks and how they are used. While they all are confident about how to use periods, question marks, exclamation points, and commas, they still have questions about dashes, hyphens, and ellipses. By the time they are in middle school, I like my students to experiment with the latter forms of punctuation to help express their voice in their writing. Reading this book to my students also allowed me to demonstrate how punctuation can affect how the text is read. The students were paying attention, and adding on to my think-alouds. I think the rhyming pattern helps keep their ear and when I stop to talk about how I would use the punctuation mark, the illustrations were useful to refer to. It was a fun way to review and deepen conversation around conventions with 7th graders. However, I do not think my 8th graders need this.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-01-18 00:00:00 Brad Jakeman This book went through each form of punctuation in a fun way, making it more interesting for students to learn about a subject that is often thought about as boring or dreadful. This book would be awesome to pair with a lesson about punctuation. The whole book is rhyming, making it more engaging; students will be able to better remember the rules of punctuation if they can remember the rhyme. Some words are capitalized, which are good words to say louder than the rest, so that students are more engaged in reading. Some words are made-up words, which makes the book silly to the students and engages them even more.